182 PAGURID.E. 



DECAPODA. PAGURID/E. 



ANOMOUnA. 



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Pagurus Hyndmanni. Thompson. 



Specific Character. Anterior legs unequal ; the hand oval, minutely granu- 

 lated, denticulate on the outer margin ; eye-stalks much shorter than the basal 

 portion of the external antennae ; internal antennae four times as long as the 

 eye-stalks. 



Pagurus Hyndmanni , W. THOMPSON, 1. c. 



THE carapace in this species is perfectly smooth, its 

 anterior margin entire. The eye-stalks short and thick, 

 extending only to the third basal joint of the external 

 antennae ; the tooth at their base smooth, convex, and 

 acutely pointed. The external antennae about as long as the 

 second pair of legs ; the tooth on the outer side of the se- 

 cond joint smooth, simple, shorter than the third joint ; the 

 palp extending a little beyond the eye-stalks. The internal 

 antennae compressed, extremely long, being not less than 

 four times the length of the eye-stalks. The anterior legs 

 are very unequal, the right being the larger, granulated ; 

 the wrist of the larger with a series of small teeth along the 

 inner margin ; the hand oval, slightly convex, with an ob- 



